And it's not just these elite teams...had a less than pleasant experience at a recent local event sailing as the odd boat out in a fleet of F18s.
Mike, are you referring to Santa Barbara?
Yes. I thought it was terrific how lots of teams convinced the RC to put the T in the F18 races. It was not so terrific to discover out on the race course that I wasn't "really" racing and to hear "Get the F**K out of our way!" on a port/starboard cross (me on starboard again); "Keep off our wind...We're racing!"; "Don't get 'competitive' with us on the start!" ; etc. etc.
